Beverage dispensing box



Feb 23,1932. H. R. LOOSLEY 1,846,219

BEVERAGE DISPENSING BOX Filed March 22, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l g F/G lFeb. 23, 1932, H, R` LoOsLEY BEVERAGE DISPENSING BOX Filed March 22,19150 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 23, 1932 UNITED STATES HERY R.LOOSLEY, 0F EAST* S'I.` LOUIS, ILLINOIS `BEVIEJR'AGE DISPENSING BOXApplication led March 22, 1930. Serial N'o. 437,967.

My invention relates to improvements in beverage dispensing boxes, andhas for its primary object a beverage dispensing box in which bottledbeverages are cooled to any pre- 5 determined temperature. The coolingagent may be either natural or artiiicial refrigeration.

A further object is to construct a beverage dispensing box which isprovided with a slidlo able lid and in which other parts are soconstructed that simultaneously with the opening of the iid, the variousbeverages will be par tially raised out of the cooling element. In

other words, my boxis so constructed that by 1J the depressing of atreadle, the bottled beverages will be partially raised out of thecooling element and the slidable lid opened, and upon release of thetreadle, the bottles or bottled beverages will sink into the coolingfluid and the lid automatically close. i

My device is arranged to take care of various sizes of bottled beverageswhich are usually termed as quarts and pints.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my device with the lid open showing aportion of its interior;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmental plan view in section taken on the line 3--3 ofFig. 2;

Fig. el is a iragmental vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig.2, showing the tray in lowered position;

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the tray in elevated position;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing my device with the trayelevated and the lid opened, and disclosing means whereby the box can becharged with natural refrigeration; and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the operating lever employed in placingthe various parts in movement.

In the construction of my device I employ a casing 8 which is providedwith legs or supports 9. These legs or supports may be of any desiredshape or construction. The casing 8 is provided with an inner wall 10and with a Wall 11 spaced apart therefrom, and between these walls Iprovide insulated material 12. A metallic liningl?) is provided for thecasing which is designedto contain the cooling liquid, this liquidpreferably being anonfireezing solution. The liquid may be cooled bymeans of refrigerating coils 14, the refrigerant of these coils beingfurnished by any of the standard devices of artiiicial refrigeration nowcommonly in use. `The metallic lining 13 is also provided with anupstanding wall 15 which is adjacent the rear wall 16 of the casing 8.The purpose ofthis wall 15 and the space between it and the wall 16 willbe explained in detail later.

Located Within the casing and within the metallic lining 13 is a tray17. This trayis provided with a bottom 18 which is apertured orotherwise provided With openings as indicated by the numeral 19, so thatythe cooling fluid can readily enter the tray.` The tray is providedwith side Walls 2O to which the downturned ends 21 of bars 22 aresecured. The bars 22 extend through the bottom 23V of tzhe casing 8 andhave attached thereto a link It will be noted from Figsfl and 5 that thetop and bottom of the casing extends beyond the side edges or ends ofthe casing so as to provide a` space 25. Secured to the top and bottom,and extending across the space 25, is a bar or support 26 to which ispivotally connected a T-shaped lever 27. This lever is pivotally mountedto the bar 26 at the point indicated by the numeral 28. The short arms29 and 30 of the lever 27 are located at the lower end and are providedWith openings 81 and 32 respectively, While the long arm of the lever 27is provided with an opening 33.

The casing 8 is providedat its rear end with a permanent or immovablelid or cover 84, leaving the `forward portion 85 open, which openportion is designed to be closed by a sliding lid36. This sliding lid isprovided on eachof its sides with a dependent ear 37 into which one endof a link 38 is secured, the opposite end-of this link being secured inthe opening 33. p

Carried bythe rear legs or supports 9 are a pairoflevers `or arms 39which, together with themember a0,` forma treadle; j The arms 39 eachcarry a link 41 which is secured at one end thereto, the opposite end ofthe link being secured in the opening 32, so that upon movement of thetreadle mechanism just described, a pull will be exerted on the arm 30of the lever 27.

In case the` artilicial refrigeration, such as furnished by the ordinaryor usualk type of cooling systems should Jrail, due-to any reasonwhatsoever, `l have Yprovided y what may be termed a chiite l2 'which isadapted to bev placed in position as illustratedV in Fig. 6, so that icecan be supplied to the cooling fluid to the rear-.oi the wall 15 andthefebylkeer the beverages COOL fr This device is an -rovement onapplication filed by me in theUnited States, bear-- ing SerialNo`..31-1,740, October 11, 1928, and Patent No. 1,692,672 issuedNovember 20, 1928. v v c It will be noted particularly that with mypresent device the saine can be readily placed underneathvany countenandby the mere pressure of a foot .thecomplete tray filled with beveragebottles canV be elevated and the lid simultarieously moved and opened,and upon release of the treadle the bottles will automatically belowered into the cool* ir'igiuid...`

A particular advantage of my device is, thatrby elevating the bottlescontaining'the beverages, which 'are immersed in a liquid instead offincracked ice, there vis no danger ofi the dispenser y'cutting his hands,because it lfrequentlyhappens that when warinbeverages are isuddenlyiinmersedfinacooling Huid, the` bottle vwill explode, leaving jaggededges and V'if the dispenser must reach into wateroramOngcrackediCe, hecannot discov'eri suchV splinters, "andfreqii'ently cuts his hand ,veryseriously, Vin ract, where bottles are stored in kcracked ice itisalmostim'possible to remove any'such glass splinters'be cause or theirresemblance to the ice, and being practicallyA invisible, but by myfdevice, that is, raisingfthe'bottles bodily ont ci the cooling ii'uid,if a bottle should `break it can be readily discovered'and'thedisp'enser will have no reason whatsoever to reach down into thefluid, my bottles being raised suiiiciently high out ofthe coolingVfluid to permittheir ready removal. y Y

Having fully described my invention, what Iclaim is:

Jl. A beverage dispensing box VVcomprising a casing, a lidslidably'carriedby said casing, acoling. compartment in said casing, atray ins'aid compartment, a pairof bars extending upwardlyinto Vsaidcasing each having its .upper `end bent vdownwardly and' secured tosaidt'r'ay, a T "shaped lever pivotallyyfs'ecured to eachside f'saidcasing, a linkconnectin'g one farm of each of s'aidl'eversand said lid,a link 'connecting oneY ois'aid remaining ar'lns 'f eachlever Atoeachfsai'd bars,

a treadle mechanism located below said casing, and a link connecting theremaining arm oi' each lever and said treadle mechanism whereby saidtray is raised and the lid simultaneously moved into open position whensaid treadle mechanism is actuated.

2. `A beverage dispensing box comprising a casing having a slidable lid,a cooling compartment in the casing, a tray in said compartment, a pairof bars extending upwardly 'into the casing each having its upward endIbent d ownwardly and secured to said tray, a lever mechanism cooperablewith each of said .bars and adapted to raise said bars and elevate saidtray, a treadle operably connected tosaid lever; mechanism 'and meanscooperable with said bars and lever mechanism yfor slidably moving saidlid when said tray 'is elevated. Y l A 3. Abeverage dispensing boxcomprising a casing having a s'lidable lid,"a cooling ccmpartment insaid casing, atray in said cooling compartment, a lpair ofbar'sVextending npwardly into the casing 4each having its 'ilpwar'd `end bentdownwardly `and 'secured to said tray, a'lever mechanism cooperable witheach bar and adapted to raise said bars 'and elevate said tray, andaVlink cooperable with said lever mechanism for slidably moving saidlid,'a`nda`treadl`e operably connected to said lever mechanism. v Y Y21. .Afbevera'ge dispensing box comprising acasing,'a coolingcompartment, a vertically movable tray located in said compartment, apair or bars extending upwardly 'into the casing ontsid-e ofsai'dfcooling `compartr'rient each bar havingits lupward end bentdownwardly and 4seciired to .said tray, a lever mechanism on saidcasing, linls'connecting said Vlever mechanism Aand 'said bars, ahori-Zoritall'yA slidable lid carried by said,V casing, a connection withsaidlever mechanism 'and saidlid whereby said lid is opened simultaneouslywith lthe liftingn of saidtray and the contents vor the box Yare-readilyaccessiblejt'o the dispensen and root' operated means cperably connectedto said lever mechanism.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. f

HENRY R. LOOSLEY.

